The Palestinian
Satellite Channel is operated by the Palestinian Broadcast Corporation
under
the authority of the Ministry
of Information of the Palestinian
National Authority. The channel is a 24-hour station with a
focus on new, current affairs, films, documentaries, soap operas
and music. It has been operating under financial hardship that limits
its news to studio reports, wire stories and feeds from other broadcasters.
The main office and studios were burned in 2001, the first year
of the Intifada, and PSC has since been operating from temporary
headquarters in Ramallah and Gaza. A live stream is available on
their site.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
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QUICK FACTS:
Population:
3,314,025
Total Area:
6,220 sq km
slightly smaller than Delaware
Government Type:
The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements, signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided
for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian
interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Direct
negotiations to determine the permanent status of Gaza and West Bank
had begun in September 1999 after a three-year hiatus, but have been
derailed by a second Intifada that broke out in September 2000.
Currency:
new Israeli shekel (ILS)
Jordanian dinar (JOD)
Religions:
Muslim 75% (predominantly Sunni)
Jewish 17%, Christian and other 8%
Languages:
Arabic
Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians)
under
the authority of the Ministry
of Information of the Palestinian
National Authority. The channel is a 24-hour station with a
focus on new, current affairs, films, documentaries, soap operas
and music. It has been operating under financial hardship that limits
its news to studio reports, wire stories and feeds from other broadcasters.
The main office and studios were burned in 2001, the first year
of the Intifada, and PSC has since been operating from temporary
headquarters in Ramallah and Gaza. A live stream is available on
their site.
